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Rescinded administrative orders


Chief justice reinstates additional statutory deadlines and time limitations beginning August 2

Most time limitations, deadlines in court proceedings reinstated effective April 15, 2021
Missing deadlines or statutes of limitations can cause cases to be dismissed. 
 

Administrative orders not rescinded

May 5, 2023

2023-PR-019: Order Rescinding COVID-19 Related Administrative Orders

2023-RL-017: Temporary Rule for Filing in a District Court by a Self-Represented Litigant

March 2, 2022

2022-RL-015: Order Continuing Suspension of Certified Copy Requirements when Docketing an Appeal

July 1, 2021

2021-PR-100: Order Lifting Suspension of Additional Statutory Deadlines and Time Limitations on August 2, 2021

June 25, 2021

2021-PR-096: Order rescinding 2021-PR-034

April 13, 2021

2021-RL-033: Order Authorizing Acceptance of Documents Submitted Through the Marriage License Portal and Protection Order Portal

2021-RL-032: Emergency Rules of Procedure for Hearings under 2021 Senate Bill 40

April 7, 2021

2021-RL-027: Order Waiving Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credit Hour Limitation on Prerecorded Programming

March 30, 2021

2021-PR-022: Order Authorizing the Use of Two-Way Audio-Visual Communication In Any Municipal Court Proceeding

2021-PR-021: Order Authorizing the Use of Two-Way Audio-Visual Communication In Any District or Appellate Court Proceeding

2021-PR-020: Order Lifting Suspension of Most Statutory Deadlines and Time Limitations on April 15, 2021

January 26, 2021

2021-PR-009: Order Continuing Administrative Orders Suspending Statutes of Limitation, Statutory Time Standards, Deadlines, and Time Limitations Under the Legislature's Ratification and Continuation of the State of Disaster Emergency related to COVID-19 through March 31, 2021.

January 8, 2021

2021-PR-001: Order Continuing Administrative Orders Suspending Statutes of Limitation, Statutory Time Standards, Deadlines, and Time Limitations Under State Finance Council's Extension of the State of Disaster Emergency related to COVID-19 through January 26, 2021.

December 31, 2020

2020-RL-139: Order Waiving Limitation on Nontraditional Continuing Judicial Education (CJE) Programming during Calendar Year 2021

December 15, 2020

2020-PR-130: Order Continuing Administrative Orders Suspending Statutes of Limitation, Statutory Time Standards, Deadlines, and Time Limitations Under State Finance Council's Extension of the State of Disaster Emergency related to COVID-19 through January 10, 2021

December 1, 2020

2020-PR-122: Order Rescinding Obsolete COVID-19 Related Administrative Orders

November 13, 2020

2020-PR-113: Order continuing administrative orders suspending statutes of limitation, statutory time standards, deadlines, and time limitations under State Finance Council's Extension of the State of Disaster Emergency related to COVID-19 through December 15, 2020

October 14, 2020

2020-PR-107: Order Continuing Administrative Orders Suspending Statues of Limitation, Statutory Time Standards, Deadlines, and Time Limitations Under State Finance Council's Extension of the State of Disaster Emergency related to COVID-19 through November 15, 2020

September 29, 2020

2020-RL-104: Rules Relating to Contact Information - Rule 124 is hereby adopted

September 15, 2020

2020-PR-101: Order Continuing Administrative Orders Suspending Statutes of Limitation, Statutory Time Standards, Deadlines, and Time Limitations Under State Finance Council's Extension of the State of Disaster Emergency related to COVID-19

September 4, 2020

2020-RL-098: Order Waiving Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credit Hour Limitation on Prerecorded Programming (Rule 806(j) modified)

June 16, 2020

2020-PR-075: 2020 Spec. Sess. House Bill 2016 Amendments to 2020 House Substitute for Senate Bill 102

June 4, 2020

2020-CM-059: Ad Hoc Virtual Court Proceedings Committee

June 2, 2020

2020-CM-050: Ad Hoc Jury Task Force

May 27, 2020

2020-PR-058: Suspending Deadlines and Time Limitations in Judicial Proceedings

2020-PR-057: Suspending Deadlines and Time Limitations under K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 22-3402

2020-PR-056: Authorizing the Use of Two-way Audio-Visual Communication in Any Court Proceeding

2020-PR-055: Suspending Statutory Speedy Trial Deadlines and Time Standards in K.S.A. 12-4501, Deadlines and Time Limitations in K.S.A. 12-4403, Authorizing the Use of Two-way Telephonic and Audiovisual Communication in Municipal Courts

May 1, 2020

2020-PR-047: Suspending Deadlines and Time Limitations in Judicial Proceedings

2020-PR-046: Suspending Deadlines and Time Limitations Under K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 22-3402

2020-PR-045: Authorizing Two-Way Audio-Visual Communication in Any Court Proceeding

2020-PR-044: Reissuing Administrative Order 2020-PR-36 under Governor’s April 30, 2020, State of Disaster Emergency Declaration

April 24, 2020

2020-RL-043: Order Waiving Limitation on Nontraditional Continuing Judicial Education (CJE) Programming

2020-FN-042: Order Waiving Court Fees and Costs for Requests to Challenge Isolation or Quarantine Orders Resulting from the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020-RL-041: Order Modifying Deadlines for Annual Court Reporter Registration and Fee and Related Late Fee

April 9, 2020

2020-RL-037: Order Regarding Oaths and Affirmations Required or Allowed by Any Supreme Court Rule

2020-PR-036: Order Amending 2020-PR-031

April 8, 2020

2020-RL-035: Order Modifying Deadlines for Annual Attorney Registration and Fee and Related Late Fee

2020-RL-034: Order Modifying Deadline for Continuing Legal Education Annual Fee and Late Fee

2020-RL-033: Order Modifying Continuing Legal Education Attendance and Reporting Deadlines and Waiving Limitation on Prerecorded Programming

April 3, 2020

2020-PR-032: Order Amending 2020-PR-016

2020-RL-031: Order Suspending Certain Deadlines and Time Limitations in Kansas Municipal Courts Due to the COVID-19 Emergency

March 30, 2020

2020-RL-027: Order Suspending Certified Copies Requirement Under Supreme Court Rule 2.04

2020-RL-026: Rules Relating to Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Appellate Practice:  Supreme Court Rule 7.03 is hereby amended:  Rule 7.03 - Decision of Appellate Court

March 27, 2020

2020-RL-025: Order Extending Judges' Deadline to File Financial Disclosure Forms

March 18, 2020

2020-JA-021: Assignment of Judges of the District Court to any District Court in the State of Kansas Upon Request (Judicial Districts 6, 10, 11, 14, and 31)

2020-JA-020: Assignment of Judges of the District Court to any District Court in the State of Kansas Upon Request (Judicial Districts 2, 3, 8, 12, 15, 17, 21, 23, and 28)

2020-JA-019: Assignment of Judges of the District Court to any District Court in the State of Kansas Upon Request (Judicial Districts 1, 4, 7, 22, and 29)

2020-JA-018: Assignment of Judges of the District Court to any District Court in the State of Kansas Upon Request (Judicial Districts 5, 9, 13, 18, 19, and 30)

2020-JA-017: Assignment of Judges of the District Court to any District Court in the State of Kansas Upon Request (Judicial Districts 16, 20, 24, 25, 26, and 27)

2020-PR-016: Imposing Statewide Judiciary Restricted Operations Due to COVID-19 Emergency (Links to Enrolled 2020 House Substitute for Senate Bill No. 102 and March 19, 2020, Kansas Register)

March 16, 2020

2020-RL-014: Rules Relating to District Courts - Supreme Court Rule 119 is hereby amended, effective the date of this order
 

Rescinded administrative orders

September 26, 2023

2023-RL-018: Order Continuing Temporary Rules on Media and Public Access to
Court-Initiated Livestreams


December 20, 2022

2022-PR-083: District and Appellate Courts Operations as of December 31, 2022

March 2, 2022

2022-PR-014: District and Appellate Courts Operations as of March 2, 2022

August 16, 2021

2021-CC-115: Temporary Alternate Location for Jury Proceedings and Related Judicial Functions in Franklin County

2021-CC-114: Temporary Alternate Locations for Jury Proceedings and Related Judicial Functions in Coffey County

2021-CC-113: Temporary Alternate Location for Jury Proceedings and Related Judicial Functions in Anderson County

June 7, 2021

2021-CC-064: Amended Temporary Alternate Locations for Jury Selection and Related Judicial Functions in Jackson County

May 24, 2021

2021-PR-048: District and Appellate Courts Operations as of June 1, 2021

May 21, 2021

2021-CC-047: Temporary Alternate Location for Jury Proceedings and Related Judicial Functions in Greeley County

April 21, 2021

2021-CC-036: Temporary Alternate Locations for Jury Selection and Related Judicial Functions

April 13, 2021

2021-PR-034: Visits to the Kansas Judicial Center and the Offices of the Kansas Lawyers Assistance Program and Disciplinary Administrator

April 8, 2021

2021-CC-028: Temporary Alternate Location for Jury Proceedings and Related Judicial Functions

March 31, 2021

2021-CC-025: Temporary Alternate Location for Jury Proceedings and Related Judicial Functions

2021-CC-024: Temporary Alternate Location for Jury Selection and Related Judicial Functions

March 21, 2021

2021-CC-023: Temporary Alternate Location for Jury Selection and Related Judicial Functions

March 16, 2021

2021-CC-017: Temporary Alternate Location for Jury Proceedings and Related Judicial Functions

January 25, 2021

2021-CC-005: Temporary Alternate Location for Jury Selection and Related Judicial Functions

December 31, 2020

2020-CC-140: Temporary Alternate Location for Jury Proceedings and Related Judicial Functions

December 9, 2020

2020-CC-128: Temporary Alternate Location for Jury Selection and Related Judicial Functions

December 1, 2020

2020-PR-125: Visits to the Kansas Judicial Center and the offices of the Kansas Lawyers Assistance Program and Disciplinary Administrator 

2020-PR-124: Amended Order Requiring Masks in District and Appellate Courts 

2020-PR-123: District and Appellate Court Operations as of December 1, 2020

November 20, 2020

2020-RL-115: Temporary Rule for Filing in a District Court by a Self-Represented Litigant

September 25, 2020

2020-RL-103: Order Rescinding Temporary Ban on In-person Gatherings for Continuing Legal Education (CLE)

September 4, 2020

2020-PR-099: District and Appellate Court Operations as of September 4, 2020

August 4, 2020

2020-PR-094: Amended Order Requiring Masks in District and Appellate Courts

2020-PR-093: District and Appellate Court Operations

July 2, 2020

2020-PR-090: Requiring Masks in Appellate and District Courts

June 16, 2020

2020-PR-076: Order Related to Appellate and District Courts Operations as of June 16, 2020

June 11, 2020

2020-PR-062: Returning Judiciary Workforce Back to Buildings

May 27, 2020

2020-PR-054: Related to Appellate and District Court Operations

May 1, 2020

2020-PR-049: Relating to District Court Operations in Counties Affected by a Stay-at-Home Order or Subject to a Directive Closing a County Courthouse or Other Judicial Office

2020-PR-048: Order Relating to District Court Operations in Counties Not Affected by a Stay-at-Home Order or Subject to a Directive Closing a County Courthouse or Other Judicial Office
 

March 20, 2020

2020-PR-024: Order Clarifying Emergency Operations from the Court Regarding Emergency Protection from Abuse and Stalking

March 19, 2020

2020-PR-022: Order Authorizing use of Administrative Leave
 

March 16, 2020

2020-PR-015: Restrictions to mitigate COVID-19 spread

March 12, 2020

2020-PR-013: Kansas judicial branch policy on pandemic disease



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